Construction of wrench-handles.



No. 693,|08. Patented Feb. ll, I902.

F. L. CUES.

CONSTRUCTION OF WRENCH HANDLES.

(Application filed Nov. 23, 1901.] (No Model.)-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK L. COES, OF XVORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LORING COES & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CONSTRUCTION OF WRENCH-HANDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,108, dated February 11, 1902.

Application filed November 23, 1901. Serial No. 83,406- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may COW/ shank A and their outer edges formed to the Be it known that I, FRANK L. GOES, a citicontour of the handle shape, the opposite zen of the United States, residing at \Vorces edge bars beingintegrally united transversely ter, in the county of W'orcester and State of across the shank-receiving space by a bridg- Massachusetts, have invented a new and ing or web D at one or both sides thereof, as

useful Improvement in the Construction of heretofore employed. Wrench-Handles, of which the following, to- In accordance with my invention the hangether with the accompanying drawings, is a die-frame is provided at its opposite edges specification sufliciently full, clear, and exact with a plurality of projecting prongs or fin- 10 to enable persons skilled in the art to which gers 5, disposed at suitable intervals between this invention appertains to make and use the rim 3 of the collar and the tip or end the same. piece E, said fingers being formed or cast in- My present invention relates to the manner tegral with the metal handle-frame and priof constructing and combining the metal hanmarily project outward from the outer an- I 5 die-frame and non-metallic side plates,wheregles of the edge bars, as indicated in Fig. 5. in I employ a series of inwardly-bent integral The projecting fingers are best made of a flat fingers formed on the edges of the handlerectangular form in cross-section, with their frame at intermediary positions and -engag-' ends of a semicircular or rounded shape, as ing with circumferentially-curved recesses in shown.

20 the edges of the side plates, the object being F indicates the wood or non-metallic side to afford a neat, efficient, and desirable hanplate, which has its outer side formed to the dle that can be manufactured with convenhandle shape and its inner side formed to seat ient facility. upon thehandle-frame. Atthe exterior, upon To this end my invention consists in a the edges of the side platesF and atintervals 2'5 wrench-handle structure such as shown in correspondingwith thefingers5,Iformpartlythe accompanying drawings, whereincircumferential recesses 6 by means of a suit- Figure 1 is a side view of a wrench having able rotating end cutter employed in such a handle embodying my improvements. Fig. manner that the bottom of the recess will have 2 is a rear View of the handle. Fig. 3 is a acurvature approximating or somewhat simi- 30 separate edge view of one of the scales or side lar to the transverse curvature of the exterior plates. Fig. 4 is a side view of the same. surface of the handle or plate. (See section Fig. 5 shows a transverse section at line W X Figs.- 6 and 7.) The recesses 6 commence at of the handle-frame. Fig. 6 is a transverse the edges of the plate and extend circumfersection at line X X. Fig. 7 is a section of the entially to the points represented, or about 35 side plate at line YY, and Fig. 8 is a section one-fourth of the circle around the handle, of the side plate at line Z Z. more or less, and terminate in semicircular Referring to the drawings, A indicates the. form. wrench-bar, having the reduced shank por- The dimension of the fingers5 and recesses tion A at one end and the fixed jaw a at the 6 in a direction longitudinally of the handle 40 other end. is about three-eighths of an inch, more or 0 B indicates the movable jaw, and C the adless, and the thickness radially about onej usting-screw, having the thumb-boss or ro eighth of an inch, more or less, the outer end sette thereon, which parts can be of wellof the finger being approximately the same known or suitable structure. circle as that of the rotary cutter by which 4 5 D indicates the handle-frame of malleable the recesses are formed. The ends of the side 5 iron, comprising the collar portion 2 with the plate may have the usual teuons S and 9 to overhanging ferrule-rim 3, projecting screwlook under the ferrule-rim 3 and end piece E. bearing step 4:, and the integrally-attached When the parts of the wrench'are assemlongitudinal edge bars D, their inner edges bled, the side plates are seated upon the sides 50 adapted for embracing the edges of the barof the handle-frame, and the fingers5are then sire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wrench-handle comprising a metal central frame with wooden side plates seated thereon; said frame being provided at its edges with projecting integrally-formed inwardly-bent fingers that engage in circumferential recesses formed on the opposite edges of said side plates, substantially as set forth.

2. The handle-frame provided at each of its edges with a plurality of projecting fingers disposed at intervals between the collar-rim and end piece, in combination with side plates having circumferentially-disposed recesses into which said fingers are clasped with inward curvature.

3. In a Wrench, the combination, of a handle-frame comprising a collar portion with screw-bearing step and ferrule-rim, longitudinal edge bars united by a web bridging the bar-space, and provided with a series of projecting inwardly-bent curved fingers at the opposite edges all integrally formed or cast in a single piece, the wrench-bar having a shank fitting Within said frame, and the nonmetallic side plates seated on said frame and having at their edges curved recessed surfaces embraced by the inwardly-bent ends of said fingers.

Witness my hand this 21st day of November, 1901.

FRANK L. GOES.

Witnesses:

.CHAs. H. BURLEIGH,

ELLA P. BLENUS. 

